Aidan McLaughlin

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Editor-in-Chief at Mediaite

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CuomoGPT: former governor uses AI to co-author housing plan

1 week ago | thespectator.com | Kate Andrews |Aidan McLaughlin |Rod Liddle |Ben Domenech

If you were worried about disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo being too “hands-on” during his run for New York mayor, fear not: the Love Gov’s campaign has an impersonal touch to it. Local news site Hell Gate exposed how the 29-page housing plan released by the Cuomo campaign bore the hallmarks of being partially put together using ChatGPT. One particularly unparsable passage: Mischief, mayhem and Washington gossip from The Spectator’s intrepid beat reporter.
China is ready for a trade war with America

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Ian Williams |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Peter Pomerantsev

China hit back on Wednesday with an additional 50 percent tariff on US imports, matching the extra levy imposed overnight by Donald Trump on Chinese goods. That made the running totals 104 percent so far from Washington, vs 84 percent from Beijing, prompting one analyst to compare them to two racing cars driving straight at each other in a high stakes game of chicken.
Trump is going to give us a thousand years of woke

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Ed West |Daniel McCarthy |Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin

Itry to avoid expressing strong opinions on foreign party politics, because I enjoy the luxury of not having to. From an outside perspective, American politics seems dominated by two quite extreme fringes, the only difference being that the mad things believed by Democrats tend to be aped by British elites, and therefore have an impact on our everyday lives here.
Can the Democrats rediscover themselves in the age of Trump?

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Aidan McLaughlin

Even on the placid streets of London’s Mayfair, James Carville cannot find peace. “Every five minutes I get stopped and asked about Chuck Schumer,” says the Democratic strategist when I speak to him. “I can’t even enjoy a $30 martini by myself.”Carville’s party is in dire straits.
Can the Democrats rediscover themselves in the age of Trump?

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Aidan McLaughlin

Even on the placid streets of London’s Mayfair, James Carville cannot find peace. “Every five minutes I get stopped and asked about Chuck Schumer,” says the Democratic strategist when I speak to him. “I can’t even enjoy a $30 martini by myself.”Carville’s party is in dire straits.
May

2 weeks ago | thespectator.com | Curtis Yarvin |Aidan McLaughlin |Ryan Girdusky |Daniel McCarthy

The Democratic war machine What’s significant for the American left today is not what keeps communism going, but what gets it startedErdoğan’s position is starting to look shaky The death of the biggest Muslim democracy in the region should be ringing serious alarm bells across the free worldI’m hobbled by my own hypocrisy about cats George is a large gray kitten with disproportionately big ears and I didn’t plan for him or want himWhy I stick up for marriage I like being married.
Fox News Host Lara Trump Pulls Out of GOP Fundraiser That Violated Network Rule Against Campaigning

3 weeks ago | mediaite.com | Aidan McLaughlin |Zachary Leeman

Fox News host Lara Trump has pulled out of a fundraiser for a Republican gubernatorial candidate, an appearance that would have violated a network rule against talent appearing at political events, Mediaite has learned. The New Jersey Globe reported Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law was set to headline an event in support of Bill Spadea, a Republican running for governor in New Jersey, later this month. The event is being held at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.
The Versaces have left Versace

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Ross Anderson |Freddy Gray |Aidan McLaughlin |Owen Matthews

Donatella Versace was never supposed to be a fashion designer. She had no formal fashion education and was happy working on the business and styling of Versace as her brother, Gianni, built his house into Milan’s most opulent. But, in 1997, a madman brutally murdered him — and someone had to keep his legacy and brand alive. And so Donatella did.
The Streisand effect and social media extremism

1 month ago | thespectator.com | Rory Sutherland |Matthew Lynn |Douglas Murray |Aidan McLaughlin

A few years ago, my old school magazine featured a pupil’s brief account of a geography field trip. Before the magazine was mailed out, someone had noticed a jokey reference to a minibus being driven erratically after the teacher had visited the local pub, and worried that this might be libelous. The school could have reprinted the magazine, or else thought “publish and be damned.” Alas they did neither: they stuck a white sticker over the offending paragraph in every copy.
Can NBC's Tom Llamas Save Evening News?

1 month ago | outkick.com | Bobby Burack |Aidan McLaughlin

Tom Llamas will replace Lester Holt as the anchor and managing editor of "NBC Nightly News," the network announced Wednesday. "Tom has the winning combination of journalistic excellence, passionate storytelling and unyielding integrity — all characteristics that have long been trademarks of ‘NBC Nightly News,’" NBC News executive vice president of programming Janelle Rodriguez wrote in a message to staff, NBC says.